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Following Ms Purdy's successful court case - and a subsequent widespread public consultation - the then-director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer QC created six mitigating factors against an individual being prosecuted for assisting the suicide of another.

However, family members involved in 'mercy killings' can still face murder or manslaughter charges.

Ms Purdy continued to campaign to change the laws on the right-to-die in recent years.

She met her husband, Cuban-born musician Omar Puente, in Singapore and the couple married in 1998 in Bradford.

After being diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis, Ms Purdy later used a wheelchair for mobility while both her sight and hearing began to deteriorate.